Action Anti-Spéciste

Speciesism is a system of oppression where humans have placed themselves above other species, to the point where members of other species are excluded from moral consideration. For a speciesist, other animals are devoid of their intrinsic value and only have value for what they can be exploited for: food, clothing, as pets, reselling value, forced labor, entertainment, a role in the ecosystem, vivisection, etc? Philosophers and animal rights advocates state that speciesism plays a role in the practice of factory farming, animal slaughter, blood sports (such as bullfighting and rodeos), the taking of animals' fur and skin, and experimentation on animals. Therefore, anti-speciesism s…   Read more

Green anarchism is an anarchist school of thought that puts a particular emphasis on environmental issues and that aims to bring about an environmentally sustainable anarchist society. Important early influences were Henry David Thoreau, Leo Tolstoy, and Élisée Reclus. Important contemporary currents include anarcho-naturism as the fusion of anarchism and naturist philosophies, anarcho-primitivism which offers a critique of technology and argues that anarchism is best suited to uncivilized ways of life; eco-anarchism which combines older trends of primitivism as well as bioregional democracy, eco-feminism, intentional community, pacifism and secession that distinguish it from the m…   Read more